SCIENCE WALK

Ana Lluch

Head of the Hematology and Medical Oncology Service at the Clinical University Hospital of Valencia

2011 - Present

Avelino Corma

Avelino Corma is a Spanish research professor and chemist, founder and former director of the Chemical Technology Institute (ITQ) founded by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). Currently he continues to carry out his scientific research in the ITQ.

Capitolina Díaz

Professor of Sociology at the University of Valencia

Lynn Margulis (1938-2011)

An outstanding American biologist, considered a leading figure in the field of biological evolution.

Sidney Brenner

A South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John E. Sulston, in recognition for his work on the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death.

Miguel Delibes de Castro

Former director of the Biological Station of Doñana well known for his scientific articles, he is considered the world's leading authority on the Iberian lynx.

Ángela Nieto

Rey Jaime I Award for Basic Research

2009

Miguel Eladio López-Alegría

Miguel Eladio López-Alegría was the first Spanish-born astronaut to travel into space. Currently, he is an American citizen.

PEDRO DUQUE

Pedro Duque, an aeronautical engineer, has carried out many space missions, including a visit to the International Space Station as a member of the Cervantes Mission.

Liv Arnesen

The first woman to reach the South Pole alone

1994

Santiago Grisolía

Príncipe de Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research (1990). President of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences

Werner Arber

Nobel prize for Medicine (1978). Member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences.

Jean Dausset (1916-2009)

Nobel prize for Medicine (1980). Former member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences.

Renato Dulbecco (1914-2012)

Nobel prize for Medicine (1975). Former member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences

Edmond H. Fischer

Nobel prize for Medicine (1992). Member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences.

François Jacob (1920-2013)

Nobel prize for Medicine (1965). Former Member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences.

Aaron Klug

Nobel prize for Chemistry (1982). Member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences

Mario Molina

Nobel prize for Chemistry (1995). Member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences.

Ferid Murad

Nobel prize for Medicine (1998). Member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences.

Jerome I. Friedman

Nobel prize for Physics (1990). Member of the Advisory Council for the City of Arts & Sciences.